Both Vince Dunn and Robert Thomas had similar rookie seasons with the St. Louis Blues, and they both found tremendous levels of success in their initial season in the NHL.
Dunn was not a highly touted prospect when you compare his prospect status to Thomas, but that did not deter him from making an impact with the team in his rookie season.
It is not often that teams can immediately insert young talent and rely on them to play the entire season, but it is a quality of a championship-caliber team, and it was a defining quality of the Blues winning season.